genuflect
genuflect漢語翻譯
genuflect詞型變化
genuflect英語解釋
動詞 genuflect:
- bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image
- bend the knees and bow in a servile manner同義詞:scrape, kowtow
genuflect詳細解釋
gen.u.flect
v.intr.(不及物動詞)gen.u.flect.ed,gen.u.flect.ing,gen.u.flects To bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor or ground, as in worship.屈單膝:屈膝或一膝著地以示敬慕To be servilely respectful or deferential; grovel.屈膝服從:奴顏卑膝地尊敬或服從;卑躬屈膝
來源:Late Latin genôflectere 后期拉丁語 genôflectere Latin genô [knee] * see genu- 拉丁語 genô [膝蓋] *參見 genu- Latin flectere [to bend] 拉丁語 flectere [彎曲]
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